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More acts announced for Electric Picnic

We’ve good news and bad news; the good being that the following new acts have been added to the already stellar lineup for this year’s Electric Picnic: The Boomtown Rats, Villagers, Parquet Courts, The Staves, MS MR, Shamir, Mano Le Tough, Le Galaxie, Son Lux, Jape, Girlpool, Little Hours, The Lost Bothers, Here We Go Magic, Thomston, Declan McKenna, Tom Misch, Bry, Legend, Yurodny and Dublin Gospel Choir will all be joining the likes of Blur, Florence & The Machine, Tame Impala and many others at Stradbally Hall this September. The bad news is that Jessie Ware has unfortunately had to cancel her appearance due to scheduling issues, but assures fans she’ll be back to Ireland ASAP. Further details for the festival can all be found right here and we’ll keep you updated as more info is released. In the meantime, feast your ears on Le Galaxie’s ‘Le Club’ –